Consider the following statements regarding the distribution of legislative powers in India:
1. The system of dividing legislative powers into Union, State, and Concurrent lists is adopted from the Government of India Act, 1935.
2. This threefold distribution of legislative subjects is specified in the Seventh Schedule of the Indian Constitution.
3. If a state law on a Concurrent List subject conflicts with a central law, the state law can still prevail in that state if it was reserved for the President's consideration and received assent.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

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Consider the following statements regarding the distribution of legislative powers in India:
1. The system of dividing legislative powers into Union, State, and Concurrent lists is adopted from the Government of India Act, 1935.
2. This threefold distribution of legislative subjects is specified in the Seventh Schedule of the Indian Constitution.
3. If a state law on a Concurrent List subject conflicts with a central law, the state law can still prevail in that state if it was reserved for the President's consideration and received assent.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Accepted Answer

Statement 1 is correct: The concept of the distribution of legislative powers is borrowed from the Government of India Act, 1935. Statement 2 is correct: The Seventh Schedule (not the Eighth Schedule) classifies these subjects into Union, State, and Concurrent Lists. Statement 3 is correct: Typically, central law prevails in case of conflict on a Concurrent List subject, but if a state-made law has been reserved for the President's assent and received it, the state law prevails in that particular state.

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